Heart’s desire
Lifelong
Feeling, knowing this is as good as it gets
Loved
For all time, you and me
Perhaps even longer
This is what’s worth living

Fail to see
Fail to breathe
Fail to know what’s going on
I can’t wait anymore
Open my eyes and let me feel
Let me feel

Giggles the Clown has come to town
Upon his face, an eternal frown
A twisted smile turned upside-down
Giggles the Clown brings many things
Eerie pies and rubber rings
Enormous bats with latex wings
Giggles the Clown loves to play
Step inside his clown car today
Your smile is the only thing you’ll pay

Under a bridge lives Homeless Harry
Homeless Harry is a homeless man
Under a bridge lives Homeless Harry
Who eats his dinner from a garbage can
Under a bridge lives Homeless Harry
Who loves when the kids come to visit
Under a bridge lives Homeless Harry
Eating well tonight, a leg of Bridgit

So I’ve decided to try and make a daily project out of these Nursery Rhymes for Darker Times. Today’s is a little fan poem about Daniel from Mur Lafferty’s Heaven series. This one in particular relates to her latest book in the series: Wasteland. While not all of these nursery rhymes will [...]